An Original Handwritten and Signed Part Letter by Poet Leigh Hunt to the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Part of a handwritten and signed letter by the writer and poet Leigh Hunt. Written to the 6th Duke of Devonshire. '...the stables, (to which --- cold colour against a warm. I persuade myself that the air in the trees gives a sort of bloom to it like that on a plum. Your Grace will not require an apology of me for chatting on points like these... friendly towards me and, I trust, happy in itself. Your Grace's ever obliged and affectionate servant, Leigh Hunt' James Henry Leigh Hunt 1784 – 1859, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb, known as the "Hunt circle". Hunt also introduced John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson to the public. Size is 178mm x 113mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease.